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A Chance Acquaintance
A Chance Acquaintance

Chapter I

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_A Chance Acquaintance._ BY W. D. HOWELLS.
Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co.
University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., Cambridge.
A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE.
UP THE SAGUENAY.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Chance Acquaintance

Chapter I

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_A Chance Acquaintance._ BY W. D. HOWELLS.
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Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co.
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University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., Cambridge.
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A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE.
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UP THE SAGUENAY.
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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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Acquaintance

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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Bigelow

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BYprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

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Cambridge

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Chance

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Co

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D

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Fields

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HOWELLS

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Late

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Osgood

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Press

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SAGUENAY

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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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Ticknor

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University

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UP

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W

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Welch

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